In today's Fargo Forum, Leigh Jeanotte, our infamous director of Indian Services at UND, suggests the potenial bias of the ND Supreme Court as to their potential dealings with the UND nickname issue! He's basically calling out the ND Supreme Court because 4 of the 5 justices have ties to UND. Absolutely pathetic!!!
Folks, Jeanotte is one of the biggest racists, most vindictive and mean spirited people I've ever come across.
Let me briefly share my story as to my dealings with him: A few years ago, after the Forum published a survey/article of how the NAs in this state felt about the nickname issue, which as we know was/is overwhelmingly positive, and Jeanotte's refusal to accept these findings as per his quotes in that same article. I subsequently sent a letter to the editor at the Forum that was published giving my opinion on the nickname issue. I did call into question Jeanotte and his "views" in my letter as well.
Here is the interseting part...I received hundreds of e-mails, letter in support of what I had written. I received TWO..again two negative responses. One was from a female prof at UND that I won't name and the other was from Jeanotte. He basically called me a rascist, threatened to call my employer, said I was an embarrassment to UND...I could go on.
But I gets better...he actually called my employer, I'm a Dr. here in Fargo, and asked that they fire me for my "racist" views. He told them that I was unfit to see and treat minorities because of my stance on the nickname issue. He also called my state and national boards asking them to revoke my license to practice. He also suggested that I go get "sensativity training". There's even more but those are the big points I wanted to make.
Now he is basically calling out the justices of the ND Supreme Court!
I don't think most people in this state understand how spiteful, vindictive and I'll say it...racist, many of these anti-nickname oppponents are...especially Jeanotte. He IS an embarrassment to UND! Maybe he needs to hear that: leigh.jeanotte@und.edu